Improvement in bed-bottoms



H. W. RUBEL. Bed Bottom.

No. 202,053. Patented April 2,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.HENRY W. RUBEL, OF BUTLER, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,053, dated April 2,1878; application filed May 28, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. RUBEL, of Butler, in the county of Batesand State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Bed andBed-Bottom, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a section taken vertically and longitudinally through thebed-bottom applied to a bedstead. Fig. 2 is a section taken verticallyand transversely through the same.

Fig. 3 is a section of canvas covering.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has relation to beds and bedbottoms; and itconsists in amode of using cxtensionj oints for tightening a flexible or canvasbed-bottom; also, in constructing the canvas bottom with a longitudinalcentral elevation, in combination With a tightening-rope applied to thehead and foot rails of the bedstead, and designed for preventing thecanvas from sagging in the center, as will be hereinafter fullyexplained.

.In the annexed drawings I have represented my improvements applied to abedstead of a well-known construction, in which A A designate twocross-bars, which are supported by ribs fastened to the inside of thebedsteadrails, and constructed with inclined planes at a at their ends,on which rest angular rails B B.

The rails B B extend nearly the full length of the bedstead, and havesuitably-secured to them the canvas bottom 0. Along the center of thecanvas bottom 0 a strip of canvas is stitched, forming a receptacle,which is stuffed with cotton, wool, or other suitable substance, whichwill leave a' ridge, 0 extending from the head to the foot of thecanvas, and forming a division between two persons lying on the bed,preventing them from rolling to the center thereof.

To prevent the canvas from sagging, I use a stretching-rope, D, which isfastened to the head-board of the bedstead andpassedthrough aring-pulley, c, at the foot-board, and thence carried forward throughthe sheath or ridge 0 and fastened to a ring, a, on the headboard. Therope D can be tightened at pleasure without removing the canvas bottom.

E E are two arms, which are rigidly secured to the rails B B, andinclined toward each other, so as to form two of a series ofextension-joints, E.

The two pivots 0-0 of the intermediate joints have screw-tapped headsformed on them, which receive a right-and-left screw, f, by turningwhich the joints can be contracted and the canvas put under considerabletension. If desired, the tightening-joints may be applied near the endsof the railsB B.

If itis desired, the bottom of the canvas 0 may be covered by a sheet,G, attached by elastic strips 0 to the rails B, and composed of twothicknesses of cloth, with sheets of paper suitably fastened betweenthem, for affording warmth to the occupants of the bed. A similararticle may be used as a coverlet.

It is obvious that my improved bed-bottom may be folded laterally in asmall compass by detachingthe adjusting-screw f from pivotse c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In combination with a bed-bottom composed ofcanvas 0, secured to rails B B, the arms E E, extension-joints E, andadjustingscrew f, substantially as described.

2. The central cushioned ridge 0*, combined with the canvas 0 andtightening-rope D, substantially as described.

3. A canvas bed-bottom, provided with a ridge or cushion extendinglongitudinally through the center, on the upper side thereof,substantially as described.

4. The combination of side rails, a canvas bottom attached to said railsand supported thereby, and a quilt resting against the under side ofsaid canvas bottom, and consisting of sheets of cloth and paper suitablytacked together, said quilt being attached to the side rails by means ofelastic strips, whereby it is allowed to yield in conformity to thesinking or stretching of the bed-bottom, substantially as described.

HENRY WIRT RUBEL;

Witnesses: l

J. H. FRIZELL, O. D. Ausrnv.

